Building on Tradition: ‘Winding the Skein’

Building on Tradition: ‘Winding the Skein’
“Winding the Skein,” circa 1878, by Frederic Leighton. Oil on Canvas, 39.4 inches by 63.5 inches. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Public Domain
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There’s always a place for the beauty, care, and respect found in traditional culture. We can search for it and find a way to bring it into the future so that the generations after us have a foundation on which they can build.
The 19th-century British painter Frederic Leighton inspired me to deeply think about tradition with his painting “Winding the Skein.”
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Eric Bess
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Eric Bess, Ph.D., is a fine artist, a writer on art-related topics, and an assistant professor at Fei Tian College in Middletown, New York.
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